1 killed, 1 injured in shooting in Newark's South Ward

Newark police are investigating the shooting this afternoon of two people - one of whom died - on Chancellor Avenue in the city's South Ward.Aristide Economopolous/Star-Ledger Staff

NEWARK — One person was fatally shot and another injured in a shooting in Newark's South Ward Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The shooting happened shortly after 3 p.m. on the 400 block of Chancellor Avenue, near the intersection with Schley Street, officials said.

One of the victims, a 30-year-old city man who was unidentified pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at 3:37 p.m. at an area hospital, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter.

The other male was in stable condition.

The prosecutor's Homicide Task Force is investigating, she said.

No motive or circumstances describing the shooting were detailed, she said.